conjecture

英 [kənˈdʒektʃə(r)]

美 [kənˈdʒektʃər]

n.  猜测; 推测; 揣测; 臆测
v.  猜测; 推测

复数：conjectures　过去式：conjectured　过去分词：conjectured　现在分词：conjecturing　第三人称单数：conjectures　

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牛津词典

noun

• 猜测；推测
  an opinion or idea that is not based on definite knowledge and is formed by guessing
  1. The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report.
     新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。
• 揣测；臆测
  the forming of an opinion or idea that is not based on definite knowledge
  1. What was going through the killer's mind is a matter for conjecture.
     凶手作案时心里是怎样想的，这个问题只能由人们去推测了。

verb

• 猜测；推测
  to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information on it
  1. We can only conjecture about what was in the killer's mind.
     我们只能猜测当时凶手心里想的是什么。
  2. He conjectured that the population might double in ten years.
     他推测人口在十年后可能会增加一倍。
  3. She conjectured the existence of a completely new species.
     她推测有一个全新物种存在。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 推测;猜测
  Aconjectureis a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
  1. That was a conjecture, not a fact...
     那只是猜测，不是事实。
  2. There are several conjectures...
     存在着几种猜测。
  3. The attitudes of others were matters of conjecture although there were plenty of rumours about how individuals had behaved.
     尽管对个人的表现存在很多谣传，但他人的看法还只是一些猜测。
• VERB 推测;猜测;揣测
  When youconjecture, you form an opinion or reach a conclusion on the basis of information that is not certain or complete.
  1. He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities...
     他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。
  2. This may be true or partly true; we are all conjecturing here.
     这可能属实或者部分属实，我们都是在这儿揣测。

英英释义

noun

• reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
• a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
  1. speculations about the outcome of the election
  2. he dismissed it as mere conjecture
  Synonym:speculation
• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  Synonym:guesssuppositionsurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis

verb

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  1. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  Synonym:speculatetheorizetheorisehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose

双语例句

• Two mathematicians claimed to have proved the conjecture.
  两位数学家声称已经证实了该猜想。
• Your theory is pure conjecture.
  你的理论纯粹是主观臆测。
• Many mathematicians have expended a great deal of effort trying to prove the conjecture.
  许多数学家们费了大量的努力试图证明这个猜想。
• He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities
  他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。
• Don't conjecture about the outcome.
  不要对结果妄加猜测。
• This may be true or partly true; we are all conjecturing here.
  这可能属实或者部分属实，我们都是在这儿揣测。
• In1973, Chen Jingrun made public his result on the Goldbach conjecture.
  1973年陈景润正式发表了他对哥德巴赫猜想的研究；
• It is this conjecture that falls outside the usual formulation of quantum mechanics.
  这个猜想的确超出了量子力学的一般概念。
• If we think of color field painting, we will reject this conjecture as too exclusive.
  如果我们想到了色块画儿，我们会摒弃这个假说，说它太有排斥性了。
• Supercomputers can check the conjecture's veracity, but only up to a point.
  超级计算机可以验证哥德巴赫猜想的正确性，但只能是在一定的限度内。